Finance Director

Job Description

As an experienced Finance Director, you have spent years being part of teams that have built businesses up. Whether your area of experience is SME or Corporate you have reached a stage where it is time to do something new. Something different.As part of an international organisation, our client, Expense Reduction Analysts (ERA UK), have been helping individuals fulfil their personal ambitions and breakout from the corporate melee and satisfy their personal needs to fulfil their dream - independence.This is an investment opportunity - the chance for you to change direction and build your own business with the support of a great team. ERA UK understand the number one challenge faced by most organisations - reducing costs as they grow and maximising their profits. ERA UK are a business to business consultancy, offering strategic advice and practical methods in order to optimise supplier relationships.As an expert with ERA UK you will use your business knowledge to generate improvements and tangible financial savings for your clients. ERA UKs franchise model allows you the flexibility to build the business YOU want and harness your skills to operate your own successful consultancy.The Role Business owner - running your own business Client centric - its all about building and maintaining long term relationships Community - build a reputation in the local business communityThe Rewards Predictable six-figure income based on your effort Prestige and prominence in your business community Balanced lifestyleAbout Our ClientExpense Reduction analysts have been trading in the UK & Ireland since 1992. They are an international business consultancy, offering strategic advice and practical methods which optimise supplier relationships. In practice, ERA UK have a network of 650 specialist procurement consultants in 35 countries.ERA Business Partners run their own businesses and are people with experience gained during long careers at a senior level in their areas and they use this experience to advise businesses on how to get the best deal from suppliers.You may not have thought about franchising but if you are considering a new opportunity you will find that it gives you freedom and benefits that come with success. The opportunity to join ERA here in the UK and Ireland involves a personal financial investment, c£45k, to build a franchised business where you will benefit from a world class training programme, award-winning marketing support, ongoing support, a fast track launch programme and most of all, you will be joining an award-winning Franchise Industry Leader.Follow the link to request some more information - we look forward to hearing from youERA during Covid-19 - Expense Reduction Analysts, a United Kingdom and international business consulting franchise, took the opportunity to create a huge amount of online training and learning (mainly utilizing Microsoft Teams and Zoom) to better equip its franchisees in their business consulting roles with clients. Franchisees pivoted quickly to provide their services in an online format. The franchisor also instituted a marketing initiative, directed to clients of their franchised businesses, offering certain business consulting services during a no-fee trial period. Also #hereforyou campaign on social media.Even for a system that already prided itself on strong collaboration amongst its franchisees, another key pivot for Expense Reduction Analysts has been more frequent Teams meetings with owners throughout its system, from region leaders to single-unit operators. These meetings focus on sharing "good news" stories, solutions and initiatives, and also serve as social sessions to reduce the sense of isolation.